Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 17:04     Subject: Re:Things that make you irrationally angry
I'm the OP and just to let you all know, I chuckle to myself every time I gear up to enter the grocery store now and prepare to get irrationally mad at all the shoppers in my way. Somehow creating this thread has made the annoyance disappear.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 17:04     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:The amount of time between seasons of a tv show. Outlander and Yellowstone are ridiculous.


Yep. Excruciating
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:42     Subject: Re:Things that make you irrationally angry
People who watch videos with no headphones or talk on speaker phones on public transportation.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:40     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
When people talk loudly on the phone in doctor's office waiting rooms.

I was in a waiting room today and three different people were eating noisily. One left their chip wrapper behind when they left. People are animals.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:36     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:People in stores who HAVE to come and stand next to you, looking at the same obscure item you are looking at.

Example: It is before 7 a.m. and I am in a big-box store. There are maybe 10 shoppers in the entire place. I am looking for an electrical plug connector which is located way in the back of the store in a very small section. As I am looking at the item another person comes up, stands right next to me (like at my elbow) and begins looking at connectors, too.

This happens to me frequently. I don't understand it. Were I in the same situation, I would browse nearby until I saw that person was done picking out the object and only then would I move in.




I go to big box stores and often have to wait for shoppers to touch 10 items of the exact same variety before finally decided based on God knows what which one is THE ONE. So either hurry the F up or I'm coming to get what I need.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2024 16:16     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Use of the expression “pet parents”. Just no
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 10:11     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk so every step makes that annoying sound. Ugh, it drives me crazy. How hard is it to pick up your feet while walking!

I would love to find some techniques to get over this; others don’t have the same reaction (I think) so it must be a “me” issue.


I seriously have no idea what you’re describing


To PP - what about when people are wearing flip flops? That's often when it's particularly annoying.

If you still have no idea, you are so lucky!


You mean the flip-flop noise, or like shuffling


NP. It's shuffling. It's more noticeable in slippers, but some people shuffle no matter what footwear they have on. My FIL is a notorious shuffler. If I hear my kid do it I tell him to pick up his feet when he walks. There is a lady at work who is a shuffler. I always know she is coming down the hall before she's visible.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:58     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People in stores who HAVE to come and stand next to you, looking at the same obscure item you are looking at.

Example: It is before 7 a.m. and I am in a big-box store. There are maybe 10 shoppers in the entire place. I am looking for an electrical plug connector which is located way in the back of the store in a very small section. As I am looking at the item another person comes up, stands right next to me (like at my elbow) and begins looking at connectors, too.

This happens to me frequently. I don't understand it. Were I in the same situation, I would browse nearby until I saw that person was done picking out the object and only then would I move in.




What big box store is open before 7 am? None.


Uh, newsflash: Lowe's and Home Depot typically open at 6 a.m.


Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:35     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk so every step makes that annoying sound. Ugh, it drives me crazy. How hard is it to pick up your feet while walking!

I would love to find some techniques to get over this; others don’t have the same reaction (I think) so it must be a “me” issue.


I seriously have no idea what you’re describing


To PP - what about when people are wearing flip flops? That's often when it's particularly annoying.

If you still have no idea, you are so lucky!


You mean the flip-flop noise, or like shuffling
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:32     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk so every step makes that annoying sound. Ugh, it drives me crazy. How hard is it to pick up your feet while walking!

I would love to find some techniques to get over this; others don’t have the same reaction (I think) so it must be a “me” issue.


I seriously have no idea what you’re describing


To PP - what about when people are wearing flip flops? That's often when it's particularly annoying.

If you still have no idea, you are so lucky!
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:32     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk so every step makes that annoying sound. Ugh, it drives me crazy. How hard is it to pick up your feet while walking!

I would love to find some techniques to get over this; others don’t have the same reaction (I think) so it must be a “me” issue.


If you're out in public, try using AirPods when you're walking (commuting?). I find that being able to block out people's annoying sounds is helpful for my blood pressure (and, bonus, you get to listen to music you like or an audiobook).

If you're at work or home or somewhere that you can't block the sound out, try to find a rhythm in their steps and see if you can think of a song that matches it. Then hopefully you'll have a good song in your head instead of an annoying shuffle sound.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:30     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk so every step makes that annoying sound. Ugh, it drives me crazy. How hard is it to pick up your feet while walking!

I would love to find some techniques to get over this; others don’t have the same reaction (I think) so it must be a “me” issue.


This gets so much worse in the fall when there are leaves on the ground!
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:29     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People in stores who HAVE to come and stand next to you, looking at the same obscure item you are looking at.

Example: It is before 7 a.m. and I am in a big-box store. There are maybe 10 shoppers in the entire place. I am looking for an electrical plug connector which is located way in the back of the store in a very small section. As I am looking at the item another person comes up, stands right next to me (like at my elbow) and begins looking at connectors, too.

This happens to me frequently. I don't understand it. Were I in the same situation, I would browse nearby until I saw that person was done picking out the object and only then would I move in.




Get over yourself. I’m not wasting any more of my time in a big box store than absolutely necessary waiting for you to hem and haw over whatever part you need that happens to be the part I need or located near it.


+1. This isn’t like a grocery store where I can go get another item on my list and circle back, though that’s also annoying. If I’m at Home Depot to get Part #4567 to fix my washing machine, and nothing else, yeah I’m going to come stand next to you and find that part. Don’t take so long examining the shelves if you have a problem with that.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:29     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People in stores who HAVE to come and stand next to you, looking at the same obscure item you are looking at.

Example: It is before 7 a.m. and I am in a big-box store. There are maybe 10 shoppers in the entire place. I am looking for an electrical plug connector which is located way in the back of the store in a very small section. As I am looking at the item another person comes up, stands right next to me (like at my elbow) and begins looking at connectors, too.

This happens to me frequently. I don't understand it. Were I in the same situation, I would browse nearby until I saw that person was done picking out the object and only then would I move in.




I'm surprised you're not still doing curbside if you have this irrational fear of people. Sorry, not sorry. I'm getting what I need even reaching in front of you while you ponder all 3,938 items in front of you. If you would hurry up this wouldn't be (your) problem.


Completely missing the point which is: WHY? How can it be that someone else is seeking the same obscure item at the exact same time considering there are literally thousands of items in the store? It's a question of percentages/odds.


Maybe they forgot they needed that item until they walked by and saw you looking at it.

I have terrible road rage but yesterday at the store this older woman was blocking the freezer section I needed and I just quietly and patiently stood there while she took her time locating the item she wanted. I have no idea why slow drivers make me a raging lunatic but slow people at the store don't bother me.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2024 09:25     Subject: Things that make you irrationally angry
Anonymous wrote:People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk so every step makes that annoying sound. Ugh, it drives me crazy. How hard is it to pick up your feet while walking!

I would love to find some techniques to get over this; others don’t have the same reaction (I think) so it must be a “me” issue.


I seriously have no idea what you’re describing